“A lost classic of Irish fiction.” Megan Nolan, author of OrdinaryHuman FailingsThe Fly on the Wheel was an instant bestseller onboth sides of the Atlantic when it was first published in 1908. Re-issued in abeautifully designed gift hardback edition, the novel is the poignant story ofthe passionate and headstrong Isabel Costello’s entrance into the small Irishtown of Waterford. With a nod to the works of Tolstoy and the Brontes, TheFly on the Wheel is a moving depiction of the moral and psychologicalrestrictions placed on women at the turn of the century. The   sparkling introduction by Megan Nolan setsthe themes of illicit love, toxic relationships and feminist desires in amodern context.